Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle Prices
Chicago August 9 market shows hog receipts 32,000 with holdover 4,511 and cattle receipts 16,000. Beef and butcher cattle steady to stronger with calves slow. Hogs top 16.35, most sales 14.35 to 16.25. heavy weights 14.65 to 15.85. light weights 15.25 to 16.10. sows 13.75 to 14.50. pigs 14.50 to 15.75. Cattle: stockers steady. steer ranges from 9.00 to 17.25 depending on weight and grade. heifers and cows vary 4.00 to 14.99. veal calves 14.00 to 15.50. feeders 5.00 to 11.50. Lambs and yearlings steady to prime 8.50 to 14.50. breeders 6.50 to 11.00. Official Saturday: hogs 3,048. cattle 1,764. sheep 3,880. calves 265. Shipment totals include 1,169 hogs and 294 cattle.
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Chicago
Provisions Park
Lard
Wits
Grain futures close from Beach Wickham Grain Co
Wheat and corn futures move with mixed results as Chicago and Milwaukee cash prices show wide spreads. Oats, rye, barley and provisions items list bid and ask ranges, receipts, and cash close figures. cattle, hog, and sheep estimates appear for Tuesday.
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Milwaukee
Toledo
New Head Installed at Buena Vista College Storm Lake
Rev Arthur M. Boyd of New York has been named president of Buena Vista College succeeding Dr Stanton Olinger who resigned to join the Presbyterian church general board of education. Boyd, former New Era staffer, arrives well ahead of the September 6 opening with Victory Hall gym nearing completion and a new athletic field under Storm Lake Athletic Association. The campus facilities include a 60 by 190 foot gym with a 1000 seat auditorium and a quarter mile cinder track with a 220 yard straightaway, plus shared use with local schools and community groups.
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Storm Lake
Arthur M. Boyd
New York
Bna Vista College
Stanton Olinger
General Board of Education
Presbyterian Church
Buena Vista
New Era
Iowa
Nevada
Victory Hall
Storm Lake Athletic Association
Battlefleet Fourth of July in Bosporus reported
British warships shell nearby mountains as American battle fleets in the Bosporus celebrate the Fourth. The London Zoo receives animals from the New York Zoological Society including deer sea lions and beavers. Eggs valued over $25 000 break weekly in an unspecified incident.
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Bosporus Sea
London Zoo
Zoological Society of New York
New York
Prisoners Farm 2300 Acres At Des Moines Reformatory
Warden Baumel and about sixty prisoners farm 2300 acres around the Anamaso state reformatory this year. Rev. Charles Parsons notes the farm is well run with little need for guards during gardening and farming work. The crop includes 1000 chickens and fowls, 1000 pounds of milk daily, 1300 pigs, 600 tons hay, 28 acres sorghum cane, 33 acres potatoes, 551 acres corn, and wheat yielding thirty bushels per acre.
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Des Moines
State Reformatory
Anamaso
Baumel
Charles Parsons
Society of the Friendless
Reformatory
Corn silage readiness and farm costs from Ames
When is corn ready for silage according to the Ames experiment station kernels hard lower leaves brown husks drying and not firing If cut too green silage will be acidic and unpalatable If cut too ripe compression fails and mold pockets may form If dry enough water must be added to aid packing Water amount varies with risk of under watering A machine estimates miles per gallon to aid highway design and cost of transporting hay or corn The work ties to a nationwide effort at Iowa State College Fall freshening boosts milk and fat production by about 10 percent A Sharples Scholarship offers 500 yearly to a senior home economics student in dairying A sugar production forecast for 1920 predicts a rise due to larger acreages in sugar beet and cane crops with regional variations and caution on July 1 conditions versus harvest outcomes
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Ames
Good Roads
Iowa Engineering Experiment Station
Iowa State College
Sharples Separator Company
M. Mortensen
United States
Louisiana
Apartment of Agriculture
Smylies Big Sale Averages Over Three Hundred Dollars
Duroe sale at Columbus Junction drew a big crowd as R F Smylie posted an average above 300 per head. Washington county Duroc breeders led bids with top sows selling for 830 to 535 dollars. Notable purchases included Milo J Shalla 835, W C Brenneman 395, and Donahue & Sons 830. Arthur Carlson and Ernest Carlson among the bidders, many from Iowa and Nebraska, filled the complete purchase list with strong prices and lively bidding.
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R. F. Smylie
Sale Pavilion
Columbus Junction
Smylie
Washington County Duroc
Milo Shalla
Ernest Carlson
Illinois
Iowa
W. C. Brenneman
Kaloff
Alliman Brothers
Noble
Washington County
Geany
Donahue & Sons
Holbrook
Hanks & Bishop
New London
Jno
Wasson
Columbus
Canklins & Swagart
Galesburg
Biscols
Lloyd Monroe
West Liberty
Mr. Elder
Stanton
Nebr
J. A. Walker
Waterloo
Kalona
Washington
Brockway
Letts
Ed Kern
Herbert Barrow & Son
Milton
Huffix Farms
Fortell Liniger
Fairfax
Williams & Sons
Wilber Carpenger
H. L. McRoberts
Milo J. Shalla
Wellman
Yeo. Pierce
Bloomfield
J. P. Howie
Monticello
W. M
Joy, IV
J. R. Walker
van Meter & Son
Williamsville
S. Danford
Stronghurst
Ven Meter & Son
Cnr
Auto Fatality Near Audubon Leaves Widow and Two
Bert Hayes aged 28 was killed when speeding home from Extra. His car struck a second vehicle, rolled thrice in the air, and landed upright. Hayes’ hands remained on the wheel. he died near his home. The other couple escaped unharmed, leaving Hayes’s widow and two young children. In Washington County Iowa, a lengthy district court notice seeks to establish title to two tracts of Section 35, Township 77 North, Range 8 West, and warns defendants to appear by Sept 2 1926 or face default.
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Audubon
Bert Hayes
Extra
Hayes
District Court OF
Iowa
Washington County
William O'Loughlin
Samuel Work
Samel Work
John Daugherty
John Work
William Wright
John Yockey
Mary Ann Wright
Isaac Mathew
Catherine Mathew
James Bailey
Marsh W. Bailey
N.E
N.W
S.E
District Court
Scott County
State of
Washington
A. D
Storm Lake ready for Iowa soldiers encampment
Storm Lake citizens inform adjutant general of the state guard that the camp site is prepared for 1,200 troops arriving Aug 9 for a two week encampment. Camp lighting, piped water, and entertainment are arranged. Rifle range condition is good and Captain Jones leads preliminary work. Army presence includes Lt. Col. Potts and Major Coe with ambulances and machine guns. Supplies to be shipped from Omaha at about 53 cents per man daily, with local bidders higher. Scotland Yard reports over 100,000 fingerprint identifications.
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Des Moines
Storm Lake
Lewis G. Lasher
State Guard
Lasher
Jones
General Lasher
Coe
Regular Army
Potts
Army Quartermaster Corps
Omaha
Jtowa
Farmers Union Monthly Meeting Notice at Woodman Hall
Regular monthly meeting of the Farmers Union will be held in Washington at Woodman Hall Wednesday afternoon August 11 at two o'clock. All locals be represented. Wim Sutherland, Pres. J B Rabenold, Secy & Treas. 14713.
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Farmers Union
Washington
Woodman Hall
Wim, Sutherland
Pres
J. B. Rabenold
Sec'y & Treas
Iowan Dies in Europe
William V. Couchman, vice president of International Harvester and European general manager, died in Brussels, Belgium, after a sudden event during an operation. He had long resided in Marshalltown as resident manager for over twenty years. The cablegram was received by Mrs. Couchman's mother and sister in Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
William V. Couchman
International Harvester Company
Brussels
Belgium
Couchman
Ida W. Williams
Susan White
West Church Street
Weather Outlook For Des Moines This Week
Aug 9 report from Des Moines notes generally fair and warm conditions across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with occasional thundershowers probable.
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Des Moines
Mississippi
Missouri
Public Notice of County Court Session
August 29 1920 Washington County Iowa on which date J D Glasgow of the State of Iowa in Washington county appears before the county court to announce actions and proceedings with reference to state and county matters.
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A. D
J. D. Glasgow
State of
Iowa
Washington County
Washington Opera House Company Dissolved in Iowa
Notice is given that at a July 19 1920 meeting in Washington Iowa the Washington Opera House Company of Washington County had all stock represented and unanimously adopted a resolution to dissolve and authorize publication of notice. The corporation has been and is dissolved.
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Washington Opera House Company
Washington
Iowa
Washington County
What Is the Condition of Your Blood Supply
Many ailments attributed to poor blood health. The ad touts S.S.S. as a long used blood purifier over fifty years. It urges readers to get a bottle at the drugstore and write for free medical literature from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
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S.S.S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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Daily Market Reports
Close OF Grain Futures
Beach Wickham Grain CO
Morrison
Washington, Iowa
Timothy
St. Louis
Peoria
U.S
Jorfwa Babcode Commission
Yard
Mini
Arthur Boyd
Journal’s Farm Department
Long Agricultural Experiment Station
British ‘Royal Society of Medicine
DUROC
Betty & Betty
Plaintiff
Evening Journal
Scotland Yard
Meeting OF the Farmers Union
Iowan
Europe
Harvester
Washington Opera House Company OF
Mutual
Cream Station
Colenso
W. S. Reister & Sons
Mutual 91
Eb, C. Carlson
Call Central
Lemley Reduction CO
Oildag
John Striegel Jr
Harper, Iowa
Property Owners Federation
Topol Deeag
Gardite
Bruns Seed Store
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